On 30 January 2020, the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) closed the trading session at a record low of just 1 point. The index had closed CY19 at 1,950 points, thus wiping out 99.95% of its value in less than a month, after the seasonally weak fourth quarte…
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Traditionally, a ship agent (as a representative of the owner, the charterer -or both- of a visiting ship), ensures that the essential requirements for a ship visit are arranged and met. Therefore, they have an important monitoring role, before and dur…
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To claim that the oil and tanker markets had a week to remember, would be an understatement. So, where to from here? In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “with the collapse of the OPEC talks last week, the spiraling down of the crud…
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Capesize The Capesize market came to work on Monday, with little expectation, or confidence, that the days ahead were going to bring anything other than fallout from Coronavirus. While this was a relatively simple assessment to make, it was without com…
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The Asia-Oceania container trade continues to deal with challenges from the COVID-19 coronavirus, although blanked sailings on the trade are starting to dwindle back down. It appears China has reached its peak with new COVID-19 cases, while cases in Au…
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